RAS/MP2M Master 1.2

RAS/MP2M Master is a useful application that can be easily used for packing and unpacking RAS files (the packaging system used in some games like Max Payne 2). I released this a while ago and it was used for mod developers when Max Panye 2 was big. It's here for archival purposes mostly.

RAS/MP2M Master was written in Visual Basic, as such you'll need the VB Runtime files (if you've used your computer in the last decade you probably have them). I wrote it in WinXP, but it should be compatible with all Windows OS versions (assuming you meet the first requirement).

SinceRAS/MP2M Master isn't a program per se, but an interface for RASMaker2, you need to ensure that the included RASMaker2.exe and rl.dll are with RASMaster.exe.

RAS/MP2M Master works by reading and writing to batch and text files. I've written it to keep itself clean; it should delete all the new batch/text files it creates.

RAS/MP2M Master should be pretty intuitive. You have three primary functions within the program; View, Unpack, and Create.

View:
Without extracting any data, this will read the files and size of files within a given .ras file.

Unpack:
This extracts the files within the ras file to a given directory. Although it's possible to just extract the data to the folder you have the .ras file in, I don't recommend it. It ends up creating a bunch of files and if you don't know what you're extracting to, it will be tough to repack it later.

Create:
Use this to repack or create .ras files. This would probably be used in conjunction with the Unpack, so the file structure should remain the same. You may notice that I don't include the creation flags that RASMaker2 has. I was having some difficulty getting them to work properly (even from the command-line), so I'm using the flags necessary to create the .ras file and that's it. I may update future versions to include those flags.